Salt: Nedmag VE5 and VE7 Salt Well Delivery
Project Description
The objective of this project was to drill two wells from Nedmag’s WHC-1 location into the Zechstein III. The wells were planned to be drilled in four stages and to have a concentric completion with a 26” stove pipe, 20”, 16” and 10 3/4” x 9 5/8” casing, a 7” injection string, a 5” x 3 1/2” production string and a 2 7/8” dilution string. In both wells in total 7 core runs were made. The objective was achieved succesfully.
Both wells were drilled with KCA Deutag’s T-700 rig, which has a fully automated pipe handling system. The rig hydraulically skidded 18 m between the two wells.
Challenges
Drilling large bore S-shape trajectory. Shallow kick off. High inclination. Well being vertical at target.
Role of WEP
Project management, well engineering, procurement support, planning , work program and HSE documents. Drilling supervision support onsite and drilling management/engineering from the office.
Overview
Client
Nedmag B.V.Location
WHC-1/BorgercompagnieWell
VE-5 and VE-7Date
Start drilling: 04 January 2016
End execution: 15 September 2022Objective
Drill two wells from Nedmag’s WHC-1 location into the Zechstein III.Depth
Depth (MD): 2720m (VE-5), 2575m (VE-7)
Depth (TVD): 1823m (VE-5), 1990m (VE-7)